diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index e2eebfa412..dd1a810878 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1879,4 +1879,15 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       wiki_pages: auto_complete_wiki_pages_path(project_id: project, q: ''),
     }
   end
+
+  def render_top_banner(id, wide)
+    return if Setting.login_required? && !User.current.logged?
+
+    parsed_banner_text = textilizable(Setting.banner_text)
+    return if parsed_banner_text.blank?
+
+    tag.div(id: id, class: "wiki top-banner #{wide ? 'mobile-hide' : 'mobile-show'}") do
+      parsed_banner_text
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/base.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/base.html.erb
index 8114ff9e0c..6736734b03 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/base.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/base.html.erb
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
     <%= render_menu :top_menu if User.current.logged? || !Setting.login_required? -%>
 </div>
 
+<%= render_top_banner('top-banner', true) %>
+
 <div id="header">
 
     <a href="#" class="mobile-toggle-button js-flyout-menu-toggle-button"></a>
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@
     </div>
 
     <div id="content">
+        <%= render_top_banner('top-banner-in-content', false) %>
         <%= render_flash_messages %>
         <%= yield %>
         <%= call_hook :view_layouts_base_content %>
diff --git a/app/views/settings/_general.html.erb b/app/views/settings/_general.html.erb
index 043067f180..0d729f3c1e 100644
--- a/app/views/settings/_general.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/settings/_general.html.erb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 <p><%= setting_text_area :welcome_text, :cols => 60, :rows => 5, :class => 'wiki-edit' %></p>
 <%= wikitoolbar_for 'settings_welcome_text' %>
 
+<p><%= setting_text_area :banner_text, :cols => 60, :rows => 5, :class => 'wiki-edit' %></p>
+<%= wikitoolbar_for 'settings_banner_text' %>
 
 <p><%= setting_text_field :per_page_options, :size => 20 %>
 <em class="info"><%= l(:text_comma_separated) %></em></p>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 5fee1e2251..1a35c22c25 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ en:
 
   setting_app_title: Application title
   setting_welcome_text: Welcome text
+  setting_banner_text: Banner text
   setting_default_language: Default language
   setting_login_required: Authentication required
   setting_self_registration: Self-registration
diff --git a/config/locales/ja.yml b/config/locales/ja.yml
index 3a250c6c3d..eda6f3dceb 100644
--- a/config/locales/ja.yml
+++ b/config/locales/ja.yml
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ ja:
 
   setting_app_title: アプリケーションのタイトル
   setting_welcome_text: ウェルカムメッセージ
+  setting_banner_text: バナーメッセージ
   setting_default_language: デフォルトの言語
   setting_login_required: 認証が必要
   setting_self_registration: ユーザーによるアカウント登録
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 0c41b7eda1..30c1594dbc 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ app_title:
   default: Redmine
 welcome_text:
   default:
+banner_text:
+  default:
 login_required:
   default: 0
   security_notifications: 1
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 6d7402f661..1377639c05 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -1151,6 +1151,15 @@ img.ui-datepicker-trigger {
   margin-bottom: 15px;
 }
 
+/***** Banner *****/
+
+div.top-banner {
+  padding: 0px 20px;
+  margin: 0px;
+  background-color: #eee;
+  border: 1px solid #ddd;
+}
+
 /***** Progress bar *****/
 table.progress {
   border-collapse: collapse;
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/responsive.css b/public/stylesheets/responsive.css
index 3d3a41fff8..61cc3afb3d 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/responsive.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/responsive.css
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@
   .mobile-hide {display:none;}
   .mobile-show {display:initial;}
 
+  .top-banner.mobile-show { display: block; }
+
   /* Contextual Buttons */
 
   #content>.contextual {
diff --git a/test/functional/account_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/account_controller_test.rb
index 93a434e40d..69bf424779 100644
--- a/test/functional/account_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/account_controller_test.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ class AccountControllerTest < Redmine::ControllerTest
     assert_equal 2, @request.session[:user_id]
   end
 
+  def test_login_should_not_view_banner_if_required_login
+    with_settings :banner_text => 'h1. banner text' do
+      with_settings :login_required => '0' do
+        get :login
+        assert_response :success
+        assert_select '#top-banner h1', text: /banner text/
+      end
+
+      with_settings :login_required => '1' do
+        get :login
+        assert_response :success
+        assert_select '#top-banner', count: 0
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_login_should_redirect_to_back_url_param
     # request.uri is "test.host" in test environment
     back_urls = [